Comments on: The history of Boccherini’s quintets with guitar https://theguitar-blog.com/?p=416&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-history-of-boccherinis-quintets-with-guitar Blog by the guitarist Nacho Bellido Sun, 22 Mar 2026 04:50:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chris Challen https://theguitar-blog.com/?p=416#comment-44768 Chris Challen Mon, 06 Jan 2020 16:57:25 +0000 http://theguitar-blog.com/?p=416#comment-44768 Dear Nacho Bellido, Read your blog with interest and am wondering if the Boccherini quintets (especially the 1790s Fandango quintet) that include guitar would have been played on a five course instrument? Certainly in Boccherini’s time, at least in the first half of his life, the five course guitar would have been the most common guitar available. I’d be grateful for any info you had on this matter. Many thanks Chris (Challen) Dear Nacho Bellido,

Read your blog with interest and am wondering if the Boccherini quintets (especially the 1790s Fandango quintet) that include guitar would have been played on a five course instrument? Certainly in Boccherini’s time, at least in the first half of his life, the five course guitar would have been the most common guitar available. I’d be grateful for any info you had on this matter.
Many thanks
Chris (Challen)

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